I found this image on Trove along with the information that this is thought to be the delivery of film in 1909 to one of West’s cinemas that had opened in country South Australia, this one in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula. This expansion follows from the opening of the first permanent picture theatre in South Australia the previous year by the West Picture Company. It explains that due to a delay in supply of an electric plant to the township of Moonta, the opening of the cinema was delayed, missing its October 29th, 1909 date. Other West’s picture theatres, in Kadina and Wallaroo, were not affected as they had their own electricity supply. This is thought to be TJ West in the photo and not JN Ellery ( Carrier’s Cart n.d)
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Photo of Carrier’s Cart, Moonta viewed 5th July 2019. Carrier’s Cart, ( https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+45888 )
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